Cost Estimating Manager Los Angeles, CA

Position: Cost Estimating Manager - Work Location: Los Angeles, CA
COST ESTIMATING MANAGER - LOS ANGELES, CA

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Accounting, Business, Public Administration, or related field.

• Five (5) years of supervisory experience in cost estimating or contract pricing.

• A master's degree in business or public administration is desirable.

• ASPE and/or AACE International certifications are desirable.

Duties

• Supervise cost estimators and serve as a technical expert in cost estimating and analysis.

• Coordinate major cost estimating and cost/price analysis activities.

• Confer with Metro management on cost estimating and pricing issues.

• Develop strategies to resolve estimating and pricing problems.

• Negotiate cost estimating and pricing issues.

• Develop and implement cost estimation standards, procedures, and tools to support Metro's capital budget development and design optimization.

• Conduct needs assessments of cost estimating practices.

• Prepare Independent Cost Estimates for services, construction, maintenance, operations, contract changes, and claims.

• Provide estimates for project budgeting, value engineering, real estate decisions, and joint development.

• Support design optimization, constructability reviews, and project feasibility decisions.

• Review and comment on consultant estimates.

• Validate funding requests from government agencies and utilities.

• Support Metro Management Audit Services with technical analyses.

• Conduct market analyses and review cost/bidding trends.

• Continuously improve cost estimating functions with best practices.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Other

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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